Ab ki baar to thand khoob hai. Hawa hi nahi aa rahi. Chaar bajte hi thand shuru ho jaati hai.Aur is baar to baarish bhi nahi giri. Socho tab kitni thand hoti.(This winter it is very cold. There is no wind at all. As soon as it becomes four in the evening the cold comes in. And this is when it has not rained. Imagine if it had rained it would have become colder)

By now we had reached the Ridge. The trees were grey and looked like they were getting the worst of winter - no rain and all the pollution.

Yeh ped dekho. Garmi mein to mar jayenge. Is bar to garmi jyadaa hogi na -(Look at these trees. They will die this summer because it is going to be very hot -)Kyon? (Why?)Arre, jab thand jyadaa padti hai to garmi bhi jyadaa hoti hai (Whenthe winter is very severe, the summer is hotter)

As we neared the house he set out his prognosis for the city in the future. Cars were increasing and the Metro was coming. Auto rickshaws will go out of fashion. Sitting in the rackety thing, I for one would not mind that.